scope at end of adjustment

[heviarti]

So, there's this godawful dog that runs around terrorizing the neighborhood at night. It really knows how to use the dark, and you can't walk outside without it going silent. It doesn't run around in daylight anymore. (i don't know how it survived M2 ball behind the shoulder at 30 yards)
Enter my roomate's new AR with gen 3 nightvision. the bad side... can't hit anything with it. Last week I bought a Laserlyte bore sighter. After going to their website to clear up what some of the hieroglyphs in the 'manual' were supposed to mean, I righted my .303. This evening I heard that damn dog out in the west field, near my yard. I just found out who owns the dog today. I told him to keep it off my place, what with the digging holes and killing my christmas goose. I also saw a reasonably fresh scar behind it's shoulder.
So, I decided to throw the bore sighter on the AR, and go for the kill... *AGAIN*. So, crosshairs and laser are nowhere near eachother, and the direction I need to go with each turret is already maxed, the rail mount is built into the scope, and the rail is part of the receiver. what does a guy do to un-foul (or other more applicable four letter word beginning with the consonant F) this situation?

 

[Max C.]

First get a good lawyer since your neighbor is going to be less than happy with you.

Second, in which direction is the scope maxed? You can adjust the vertical point of aim back to a normal range by shimming the scope mounts. Place a plastic or metal shim between the rail and the mounts (never place shims in the rings, ever) and reassemble. Shimming the front will raise your point of aim, shimming the back will lower it.

Horizontal point of aim issues will require a new scope (your tube is probably bent) or there is the possibility the receiver was milled incorrectly and the rail is tilted. The latter issue will require a gunsmith.

 

[JWarren]

Check your local laws on what you can do with the dog. Killing your geese may allow you to remove him legally in your state, or it may not.

What did the neighbor say about it? Any indication that he will make it right?

As for the scope. I have long quit trusting the laser bore-sights. I can't even get the dot to be consistent from putting in in the barrel two times in a row.


-- John

 

[heviarti]

scope is out both directions. the bore sighter mark sits five inches below and three inches right at not very many yards. adjustments for up and left are already to the balls.

Spoke to the sheriff on the subject some months ago. I'm within the law if I exterminate it.

 

[Maverick223]

I'm within the law if I exterminate it.

This may not be the most popular answer...but you did all you could when you asked the neighbor to restrain the dog...I would do likewise. I HAD a cat problem a few months back...

Far as the problem with the scope, first look at the mount of the rifle, if it is bad it will likely look off (and I doubt it is but it could be). Then buy a new scope for it (a nice bright daytime scope should suffice with only a little light, and you can get a nice Ziess for the price of a nightscope). I have a sneaky suspicion that it is an ATN, and they have a reputation for being junk. I don't own one, and have never shot one, but reviews are not good.

 

[heviarti]

Scope is an ITT Bushwhacker. rifle is a doublestar target something or other AR. Honestly my opinion of AR and expensive mall ninja accessories is not improving. wish I could get one of those Hakko day-nights and put it on my mini14, or something in a useful caliber.